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Toxic Wood Chart

Last Updated:[8/30/2006 1:08:09 PM]

The following chart appeared in American Woodturner June 1990. The chart has been updated to include additional woods.

WoodReactionSitePotencySourceIncidence
Afromosiairritanteye & skin, respiratorygreatdustrare
Alderirritanteye & skin, respiratory   
Angelicoirritanteye & skin, respiratorygreatdust 
Arborvitaeirritantrespiratory   
Ashirritantrespiratory   
Baldcypresssensitizerrespiratorysmalldustrare
Balsam firsensitizereye & skinsmalldustrare
Beechsensitizerrespiratorygreatdustrare
Birchsensitizerrespiratory, nauseagreatdust, woodrare
Black locustirritantnauseagreatrare 
Blackwoodsensitizereye & skingreatdust, woodcommon
Boxwoodsensitizerrespiratorysmalldust, woodrare
Cashewsensitizereye & skingreatdust, woodrare
Chechemirritantrespiratory, eye & skingreatdust, woodunknown
Cocoboloirritantrespiratory, eye & skingreatdust, woodcommon
Dahomasensitizerrespiratorygreatdustcommon
Ebonyirritant, sensitizerrespiratory, eye & skingreatdust, woodcommon
Elmsensitizereye & skinsmalldustrare
Firirritanteye & skinsmall rare
Goncolo alvessensitizereye & skinsmalldust, woodrare
Greenheartsensitizerrespiratory, eye & skinextremedust, woodcommon
Guareasensitizereye & skinextremedustrare
Hemlock nasal cancergreatdustrare
Ipeirritantrespiratory, eye & skin   
Irokoirritantrespiratory, eye & skinextremedust, woodcommon
Katonirritantrespiratory   
Kingwoodirritanteye & skin   
Mahogany, Americansensitizerrespiratory, eye & skinsmalldustrare
Mahogany, Africansensitizerrespiratorygreatdustrare
Makoreirritantrespiratory, eye & skin   
Mansoniairritantrespiratory, eye & skinextremedust, woodcommon
Manzinillairritantrespiratory dustrare
Maplesensitizerrespiratorygreatdust, woodrare
Mimosairritantnasalextremedust, woodcommon
Myrtlesensitizerrespiratorygreatdust, woodcommon
Oak, red nasal greatdustrare
Obechesensitizerrespiratory, eye & skingreatdustcommon
Olivewoodsensitizerrespiratory, eye & skingreatdust, woodcommon
Opepesensitizerrespiratorysmalldustrare
Orangewood  respiratory  rare
Padaukirritantrespiratory, eye & skin, nauseaextremedust, woodcommon
Pau ferrosensitizereye & skinsmalldust, woodrare
Peroba rosesensitizerrespiratorygreatdust, woodcommon
Peroba whitesensitizerrespiratory, eye & skin   
Purpleheartsensitizereye & skin, nauseasmalldust, woodrare
Quebracho  nasal cancergreatdustrare
Raminirritantrespiratory, eye & skinsmalldustrare
Redwoodsensitizerrespiratory, nasal cancersmalldustrare
Rosewood(s)irritant, sensitizerrespiratory, eye & skinextremedust, woodcommon
Satinwoodirritantrespiratory, eye & skinextremedust, woodcommon
Sassafrassensitizerrespiratory, nausea, nasal cancersmalldust, woodrare
Sequoiairritantrespiratory, nasal cancersmalldust, woodrare
Snakewoodirritantrespiratorygreatdust, woodrare
Sprucesensitizerrespiratorysmalldust, woodrare
Stavewoodirritantrespiratory   
Sucupirairritantrespiratory   
Teaksensitizereye & skinextremedustcommon
Walnut, blacksensitizereye & skingreatleaves & barkunknown
Wengesensitizerrespiratory, eye & skingreatdustcommon
Willowsensitizernasal cancergreatdustunknown
W. redcedarsensitizerrespiratory, nasal cancergreatdustcommon
Yew, Europeirritanteye & skingreatdustcommon
Zebrawoodsensitizereye & skingreatdustrare


Additional Information
-irritant- A substance which irritates, and can cause problems after sufficient exposure.
-sensitizer- A substance to which you must first be susceptible, like an allergy. Symptoms may not develop for some time, but once they do, they get much worse with each exposure.


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